North Macedonia have qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2020 edition (played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). They qualified after winning play-off path D; this meant they would appear in a major tournament finals for the first time in their history. [1] At the tournament, the side competed in Group C, but were eliminated in the first round after losing all three of their matches.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Netherlands (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  North Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| Austria | 3–1 | North Macedonia |
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| Ukraine | 2–1 | North Macedonia |
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| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | ||
 1960 to  1992 | Part of  Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
 1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4/6 | |||||||||
 2000 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4/5 | ||||||||||
 2004 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4/5 | ||||||||||
 2008 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5/7 | ||||||||||
 2012 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5/6 | ||||||||||
 2016 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6/6 | ||||||||||
 2020 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3/6 (PO winners) | ||
 2024 | Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 4/5 | |||||||||
  2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
  2032 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 79 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 84 | 124 | — | ||
The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round.
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